Bring your children to the Brainerd Public Library for an upcycling art project during their day off of school on Thursday, October 18. Happy Dancing Turtle will be at the Brainerd Public Library on Thursday, October 18th at 10am to work with children to use old fabric to create a new quilt. We will be reading "Joseph Had a Little Overcoat" by Simms Taback and then together we will create a design on a square of old fabric, which we will then make into a small quilt for display in the library. Registration is required by call the library at 829-5574.

Kitchigami to Present "Telling Tales with Kevin Kling"

Kitchigami Regional Library will present "Telling Tales with Kevin Kling" in four Kitchigami communities, May 19-May 21.

Thursday, May 19, 7 pm, Brainerd, at Chalberg Theater, Central Lakes College

            Free tickets are available at the Brainerd Public Library

Friday, May 20, 7 pm, Bemidji at the Paul Bunyan Playhouse

Saturday, May 21, 2 pm, Wadena at the First Congregational Church

The Opposite of Cold Photographer Hautala to visit Kitchigami Libraries

Aaron Hautala will visit Brainerd Public Library on Thursday, February 17th at 7:00 pm.

Photographer Aaron Hautala, who collaborated with author Michael Nordskog on The Opposite of Cold:  The Northwoods Finnish Sauna Tradition, will tour Kitchigami Libraries and Affiliate Libraries during January and February.  Hautala will present a slide show of stunning photographs from the book, and talk about the history, culture and practice of Finnish sauna in the north woods.